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B. BARTH. CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 4, 1894 a t e e Y W e e h S 4 No. 530,254. Patented Dec.4, 1894.

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E.BARTH. CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.w

Patented Dec. 4, 1894.

1 UNITED STATES PATENT owes.

EMANUEL BARTIL-OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-BUNCHIN G MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,254, dated December4, 1894.

' l Application filed April 26,1894. $erial No. 509,048. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL EARTH, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOigar-Bunching Machines; and Ido hereby declarethat the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to thosemachines which are used in themanufacture of cigars for the purpose of forming and rolling the bunchof filler which constitutes the body of a cigar. Heretofore machines ofthis general character have been of two classes, namely, those which areadapted to form a bunch which is cylindrical except so far'as the shapeplane as a radius or in a curved plane.

is varied somewhat by changingthe shape of the rolling board or theshape of the bunching roller, and those which are adapted to formtapering bunches. So far as is known no attempt has been made to producea machine which is capable of rolling either substantially cylindricalor tapering bunches at will, but for each shapea'separate machine isprovided. Accordingly it is the main object of the present invention toproduce a machine which shall be capable of use either for rollingcylindrical bunches orfor rolling tapering bunches, as may be required.

To this end the invention consists primarily in the provision of aroller-carrier which is so supported that the position of the axis ofoscillation may be varied with respect to the axis of the bunchingroller and the latter be permitted to oscillate in a substantially fiatAs a further advance provision is also made, as will hereinafter moreclearly appear, whereby the roller-carrier may be so adjusted as to itsaxis of oscillation that the bunching roller may move in any pathbetween the two extremes which are determined by an axis of oscillationparallel with its own axis and an axis of oscillation disposed at aright-angle thereto, whereby a machine may be used forthe manufacture ofa great variety of shapes. Incidentally to this main object it has beensought to improve the machine in other particulars to the end that amore efficient and generally satisfactory machine maybe produced thanany of those now upon the market.

I have hereinafter shown and described in detail a certain specificconstruction which thus far has proved to be adapted for carrying outthe main object of the invention and I have also shown and describedother constructions which may be used for the same purpose. It will beunderstood, however, that I do not intend to limit the scope of myinvention to any one or all of the constructions shown, for theessential features might be embodied in other forms and arrangements.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of an approved form oftheimproved machine, partly broken out. Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe machine, partly in section on the irregular plane of the line 0c-.rof Fig. l, the lower portion of the end standard being also partlybroken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine with a portion of thetable broken away to show parts beneath. Fig. 4 is a view correspondingto Fig. 2 but showing the machine adapted for rolling cylindricalbunches, with a dilferent rollingboard substituted for that shown inFig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view corresponding to Fig. 3, but withthe parts in the position indicated in Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a transversesection through the table on the line yy of Fig. l, illustrating themeans for supporting the uppertroughor pau. Fig. 7 is an under side viewof a portion of the table and rolling board, to illustrate the means forsecuring the latter in position. Fig. 8 is a detail bottom view of aportion of the mechanism to be hereinafter more particularly referredto. Fig. 9 is a transverse section on the line zz of Figs. 2 and 8 on alarger scale. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of the couplingbetween the treadle and the swinging arm. Fig. 11 is a perspective viewpartly broken out illustratinga different form of the supports for theswinging arm. Fig. 12 is a partial front elevation of the machine,illustrating still another mode of supporting the swinging arm.

The machine in its usual form comprises end frames or standards 10,11,which support a work-table 12. The latter is provided as usual with aback-board l3 and side or end boards 14. The table supports the rollingboard, which will be referred to more particularly hereinafter, and italso supports the pans or troughs which receive the waste tobacco. Thepan is hung by links 16 beneath the rolling board to receive suchportions of the filler as may drop from the rolling board. The pan 17which receives the tobacco which may be brushed from the table andconsists of fragments of wrapper may be so supported as to withstandmore or less pressure and at the same time as to be readily removablewhenever required for the purpose of emptying either pan or to permitthe rolling board to be changed. Accordingly the pan consists of a longtrough of sheet metal the ends of which are secured to substantial endpieces 18, each of which has a rearwardly extending arm 19 adapted torest upon the top of the table 12 close to the corresponding end board14. A latch 20 is pivoted upon each end board and is adapted to beturned down upon the arm 19 beneath it to hold the same firmly in placewhile permitting its ready removal when required. It will be seen thatthe pans are wholly independent of each other and that the mixing offiller and wrapper is therefore prevented.

In the lower portions of the end frames is supported the treadle throughwhich motion is transmitted to the roller-carrier hereinafter referredto. At one end of the treadle 21 is rigidly secured an arm 22 whichcarries at its upper end a rod 23. The arm 22 may be adjustable withreference to the foot-board to promote the convenience of the operatorand for this purpose is formed with a yoke composed of members 24, 25 tThe member 24 of the yoke is secured to the end piece 26 of thefoot-board by a pin 27 while the other member 25 has a slot throughwhich may be passed the screw 28 which engages an car on the end piece.

As is usual in machines of this general character, the bunch is formedby the cooperation of a rolling-board, an apron or cloth, and a bunchingroller which is so supported as to be moved back and forth. In themachine represented'in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 a bunching roller 29 is mountedin a yoke 30 which is adjustably secured by bolts 3i to the end of anarm or carrier 32. Heretofore this arm or carrier has been so supportedas to be capable of movement upon an axis which always occupies the sameposition with respect to the axis of the bunching roller. It is theobject of this invention, as hereinbefore stated, to support this arm insuch a manner that it may move upon any one of two or more axes whichare diiferently disposed with respect to the axis of the bunching roller29, the movement of the bunching roller 29 being variedaccordingly. Thepreferred means for supporting the arm will presently be described.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 5 the arm 32 terminates in a plate 33 which issecured by a bolt 34 to a second plate 35 in such a manner as to permitof rotation of one plate with respect to the other. The two plates aresecured together in adjusted position by any suitable means, such as areindicated by the clamping bolt 36. The plate 35 is mounted on trunnions37 in the arms of a yoke 38 which is mounted on the end of a stud 39,the axis of the stud coinciding with the axis of rotation of the plates33 and 35. The stud 39 is mounted in a suitable bearing, preferably in asleeve 40 so that it may be turned therein, being held in its adjustedposition by any suitable means, such as a set-screw 41. The sleeve 40may be adjustably secured to the standard 10 by bolts 42. As it isdesirable for convenience in supporting the different parts that theyoke 38 should be brought more or less toward the front according to thedegree of its angular adjustment, I prefer to form an inclined slot 43through the sleeve 40, as represented clearly in Fig. 8, and to fix inthe stud 39 a pin 43 whose head engages said slot and thereby compels amovement of the yoke toward the front or rear according to the directionof its angular adjustment.

As represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings the yoke 38 is soplaced that the pivots 37 of the plate 35 shall stand in a line which isat right angles to the axis of the bunching roller thereby permittingthe arm 32 to oscillate or swing as a radius in a fiat plane. Asrepresented in Figs. 4 and 5 the pivots of the plate 35 stand in a lineparallel with the axis of the bunching rollerand the arm 32 thereforeswings in a curved plane about an axis parallel with the axis of thebunching roller. It is obvious that between these two extremes the arm32 may have any other axis of oscillation, with respect to the axis ofthe bunching roller as determined by the angular position of the yoke38, the clamping bolt 36 being loosened at each adj ustment to permit ofthe required rotation of the plate 35 with respect to the plate 33.

The movement of the-arm 32 varies according to the disposition of itsaxis of oscillation but I have provided such a connection between thetreadle and the arm that no manipulation thereof is required, theconnection being self adjusting. In lugs 44 upon the rear side of thearm 32 is mounted a spindle 45 upon which a yoke 46 is mounted to slideand to turn freely. The yoke 46 is pivotally attached by a swivel-bolt47 to a second yoke 48 which receives through its arms the rod 23 and isfree to slide and to turn on said rod. This connection constitutes auniversal, swivel joint which adj usts itself according to the movementof the arm 32 without the attention of the operator and which at thesame time maintains an operative connection between said arm and thetreadle. It is obvious that the rolling-board may require to be changedwith the different adjustments of the axis of the bunchingroller-carrier. Thus, as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the rollingboard is substantially flat and horizontal,

since the bunching roller moves, when the plane- When the arm 32,however, swings upon an axis disposedat a right angle to the axis of thebunching roller, as represented in Figs. 4 and 5, then the rolling board49 must be more or less convex to correspond with the path of movementof the bunching roller. For intermediate positions of the axis of.oscillation other rolling boards likewise should be provided.Accordingly it is desirable that the substitution of one rolling boardfor another should be easily made. The apron or cloth 50 is secured asusual to the rolling board, and the latter is supported within a frame51 which has openings52 at each side of the rolling board to permit therequired movement of the yoke 30. The frame 51 is also provided with ahorizontal fiange53- which may rest upon the top of the table 12, andwith a vertical flange 54 which fits snugly within the opening formed inthe table. Upon the bottom of the frame 51 are the pivoted buttons 55which may be turned after the frame 51 has been set in place to hold thesame securely.

In Fig. 11 of the drawings is represented an arrangement of'parts forsupporting the swinging arm or roller carrier so that it may oscillateupon one axis'or another, as required, which arrangement issubstantially the same as that previouslydescriloed but differs somewhatin detail. The table 12 and the standards 10, 11 are substantially thesame as those represented in the figures of the drawings before referredto, the standard 10 being so formed as to suit the arrangement of themechanism. The rolling board 49 is represented as adapted for therolling of a cylindrical bunch and the bunching roller itself issupported by a single bracket 30 which is adjustably secured to theswinging arm 32*. Thelatter is adj ustably secured:by a pivot bolt 56and a clamping bolt 57 to a plate .58 which, as before, is secured uponthe-end of a stud 59. The sIeeV e6O which furnishes a bearing for thestud 59 is carried by a yoke 61 which is mounted to swing on pivotalbearings 62, 63, on the standard 10. A curved rod 64, concentric'withthe axis of oscillation of the yoke 61, is fixed to the-standard 10 andis engaged by a block 65 on the sleeve 60, a set-screw 66 being providedto retain the yoke and sleeve in desired position. As represented inFig. 11 the parts are so arranged as to permit the arm 32 to swing uponan axis parallel with the axis of the bunching roller, whereby thelatter may move to and fro in a curved plane substantially parallel withthe surface of the convex rolling board 49,the axis of the roller beingalways parallel with the position of the axis indicated by the positionof the bunching roller represented in said figure. If it is desired thatthe arm shall swing upon an axis which is disposed at a right angle tothe axis of the bunching roller, so that the bunching roller shall moveas a radius in a fiat plane, the clamping bolt 57 and the set-screw 66are loosened and-the sleeve and yoke are swung until the sleeve, andconsequently the axis of the stud 59, stand in the same vertical planewith the pivots of the yoke. The clamping bolt and the set-screw arethen turned to hold the parts in their new positions. It is obvious thatthe sleeve and yoke might be secured in any intermediate positionwhereby the arm 32 is given a movement corresponding to the position ofits axis of oscillation. The means for imparting movement to theswinging arm in this case may be the same as the means previouslydescribed and therefore are not shown or further referred to.

. In Fig.12 is also represented an arrangement of the means forsupporting the swinging arm so that it may oscillate upon one axis oranother with reference to the axis of the bunching roller. The meansshown in said figure attain the same result as the means previouslydescribed, in so far as'they permit the oscillation of the arm eitherupon an axis whichis parallel with the axis of the bunching roller orupon an axis which is disposed at a right angle thereto, with a slightrange of departure from these two extremes. The means represented aresimpler than those previously described and therefore less expensive,but they are less desirable because they do not permit a dispositionofthe axis of oscillation at any desired angle between the two extremes.The bunching roller 29 is supported by a yoke ,30 which is adjustablysecured by bolts 31 to the arm or carrier 32 plate 72 may be rigidlysecured to the standard 10 or it may be held to a flange 75 which formsa part of the standard 10 by a pivot bolt 76 so that some slightadjustment of said plate upon said support will be possible. It will beobvious, without further description, that if the locking bar 74 bewithdrawn while the locking bar 70 isin place, the arm 32 will swingupon an axis which is disposed at a right angle to the axis of thebunching roller. Similarly, if the bar 70 be withdrawn,

while the bar 74 is in place, the arm will be permitted to swing upon,an axis which is parallel with the axis of the bunching roller. Movementmay be imparted to the arm 32", in the operation of the machine, by thesame means as those previously described, the footboard 21 and its arm22 being shown in part in. Fig. 12. i

I prefer to make the bunching roller 29 of a series of independentsections, as represented most clearlyin Fig. 12, because, as thesections rotate independently, there is less rubbing between the apronand bunching roller in making tapering bunches and it also becomespossible to make the rolling board more or less concave. It is alsopossible to place one or more sections of much larger diameter than theother about where the end of the bunch comes and thereby to prevent thecreeping of the bunch outwardly.

The operation of machines of the general character referred to is wellunderstood and need not be further described herein.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cigar bunching machine, the combinationwith a bunching roller, of a supporting standard, a carrier for saidbunching roller supported to oscillate upon said standard, and meanswhereby the position of the axis of oscillation may be varied withrespect to the axis of the bunching roller and the latter be permittedto oscillate in. a fiat plane as a radius or in a curved plane.

2. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of a standard, a carrier for said bunching roller supported to oscillateon said standard, means whereby the position of the axis of oscillationmay be varied with respect to the axis of the bunching roller and thelatter be permitted to oscillate in a flat plane as a radius or in acurved plane, and means for imparting movement to said carrier.

3. In a cigar bunching machine,.the combination with a bunching roller,of a supporting standard, a carrier for said bunching roller supportedto oscillate upon said standard, and means whereby the position of theaxis of oscillation may be varied with respect to the axis of thebunching roller and the latter be permitted to oscillate in a flat planeas a radius or in a curved plane, a treadle and a connectionintermediate said treadle and carrier whereby motion may be imparted tothe latter.

4. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of a standard, a carrier for said bunching roller supported to oscillateon said standard, means whereby the position of the axis of oscillationmay be varied, and means for imparting movement to said carrier, afoot-board, an arm rigidly connected to said foot-board and a universalswivel coupling between said arm and said carrier.

5. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of an arm to support the same, an axial bearing upon which said arm mayoscillate, and means to support said bearing in d ifierent positionswith respect to the axis of the bunching roller and the latter bepermitted to oscillate in a fiat plane as a radius or in a curved plane.

6. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of an arm to support the same a plate to which said arm is adj ustablysecured, a yoke in which said plate has its axis of oscillation, saidyoke being adjustable about its own axis, and means to support and toretain said yoke in adjusted position.

7. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of an arm to 'support the same a plate to which said arm is adjustablysecured, a yoke in which said plate has a bearing for oscillation, astud supporting said yoke, and a bearing for said stud in which the sameis adjustable about its own axis.

8. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of an arm to support the same, a yoke in which said arm has a bearingfor oscillation, a stud supporting said yoke, a sleeve bearing for saidstud, said sleeve having an inclined slot, and a pin fixed in said studand engaging said slot.

9. In a cigar bunching. machine, the combination with a bunching roller,of an arm to support the same, an axial bearing upon which said arm mayoscillate, means to support saidbearing in different angular positionswith respect to the axis of the bunching roller and the latter bepermitted to oscillate in a flat plane as a radius or in a curved plane,a treadle and a connection from said treadle to said arm wherebymovement may be imparted to the latter.

10. In a cigar bunching machine, the combination with the work-tablehaving end-boards, of a trough-like pan, end-pieces having arms to restupon said table adjacent to the endboards,and latchessecu red to saidend-boards to bear upon said arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMANUEL EARTH.

Witnesses:

A. N. J ESBERA, A. WIDDER.

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